Elegantly mount additional virtual hard disks in WSL2

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Problem discription.
When using WSL2 to mount an additional virtual disk, it often requires entering multiple commands before startup. Although the method provided here allows for a one-liner solution, the additional steps can be quite frustrating when debugging and frequently restarting WSL2.

Currently, my solution is to add a script to the Windows startup items. This script first mounts the disk I want and also ensures that the WSL2 distribution runs in the background, allowing me to run some background tasks. However, the problem is that when the distribution is restarted, the disk is not mounted again. Perhaps I could add this script to the $PATH, but that would require changing many of my habits and might lead to issues with mounting the disk multiple times.

set ws=wscript.CreateObject("wscript.shell")
ws.run "wsl --mount --vhd E:\virtual_disks\wsl_data.vhdx --bare", 0
ws.run "wsl -d Ubuntu2404", 0

Solution I'd like
A more elegant implementation is to add the default virtual or physical disks to the .wslconfig file. This is because when you enter wsl --mount --vhd <disk>/<path>, it applies to all distributions by default. Similarly, the settings in the .wslconfig file will apply to all distributions as well. While this may not be a particularly complex solution, it can significantly reduce repetitive work or unnecessary errors.

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